Carnival Corporation (CCL): Today's Featured Services Winner

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Carnival Corporation ( CCL) pushed the Services sector higher today making it today's featured services winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.5%. By the end of trading, Carnival Corporation rose 67 cents (2%) to $34.30 on average volume. Throughout the day, 5.2 million shares of Carnival Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 5.2 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $33.85-$34.40 after having opened the day at $33.90 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $33.63. Other companies within the Services sector that increased today were: Birner Dental Management Services ( BDMS), up 27.9%, Mecox Lane ( MCOX), up 23.1%, Globus Maritime ( GLBS), up 15.8%, and Bluelinx Holdings ( BXC), up 12.2%.

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Carnival Corporation operates as a cruise and vacation company worldwide. The company operates in two segments, North America; and Europe, Australia, and Asia. Carnival Corporation has a market cap of $20 billion and is part of the leisure industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 19.5, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 8.5% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are six analysts that rate Carnival Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and nine rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Carnival Corporation as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, reasonable valuation levels and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including disappointing return on equity and poor profit margins.